Year:
2014
Court:
Indiana Supreme Court
Case Number:
Appeal from 53A01-1405-PL-00208
Issue:
- Ambiguity and Omission
- Replacement Cost Value
State:
- Indiana
Policyholders pay higher premiums for replacement cost value policies in order to recoup additional insurance proceeds necessary to rebuild or purchase substitute property. Insurers should be prohibited from attempting to pay only actual cash value (i.e., depreciated value) based on semantic discussions of undefined or…